Washington County Genealogy Records

Washington County was first in North Carolina in 1772. It later became part of the State of Franklin, and today lies in Tennessee. Genealogy Tips . . . Washington County was an original county for the State of Franklin. The border counties of North Carolina should be researched by genealogists searching for ancestors anywhere in the region. Also, the border counties of all of the original portion of the State of Franklin. Also, researchers should include the following counties of Tennessee: Caswell, Spencer, Wayne, Washington, Greene, Sevier, Blount and Sullivan.

Images of Wills

• 1800 to 1857
• 1858 to 1889

Indexes to Wills

• 1779 to 1857, Bk 1
• 1858 to 1889, Bk 2

Estate Records

• Inventories 1876 to 1950 | Index
• Guardians Bonds 1876 to 1940 | Index
• Settlements of Guardians 1878 to 1928
• Administrators Settlements, Guardians Bonds, Inventories 1884 to 1944 | Index
• Widows Dowers
• Guardian Papers